Antenatal Day Services Maternity Matron

Job overview

Are you an experienced and inspirational midwifery leader looking for an exciting opportunity to shape antenatal services across our maternity service?

We are seeking a dynamic Band 8a Antenatal Day Services Matron to provide professional, clinical and operational leadership for antenatal clinics, day assessment services and specialist antenatal pathways across York and Scarborough.

As a key member of the senior maternity leadership team, you will help ensure women, birthing people, babies and families receive safe, compassionate, personalised and evidence-based care. You will lead on quality, safety, governance, workforce, performance and service development, working with multidisciplinary teams, regional networks and partners to improve outcomes and reduce inequalities.

This cross-site role offers the opportunity to influence strategy, lead change and shape the future of maternity care. Participation in senior maternity operational and on-call arrangements is required.

It is an exciting time to join us. Following our recent CQC inspection, maternity services at York and Scarborough were rated Good across all five domains. You will join a forward-looking team committed to continuous learning, improvement and listening to women, families and staff.

Main duties of the job

As the Antenatal Day Services Matron, you will provide visible, compassionate leadership across antenatal services, ensuring high-quality, safe and effective care for women and families across York and Scarborough.

Key responsibilities include:

• Leading antenatal clinics, day assessment services and specialist pathways, ensuring high standards of care and patient experience.
• Providing strategic and operational leadership across specialist services, including diabetes, maternal medicine, preterm birth and screening.
• Driving quality improvement, patient safety, clinical governance and service transformation using audit, data, incidents and feedback.
• Leading workforce planning, recruitment, development and performance, creating a positive and inclusive culture.
• Managing capacity, demand, patient flow and performance across sites to deliver safe and responsive services.
• Working with multidisciplinary, community, screening and regional teams to strengthen pathways and improve outcomes.
• Supporting policies, guidelines, business cases and improvement initiatives aligned with Trust and national priorities.
• Promoting personalised care, informed choice, equity of access and reduced health inequalities.

This is an exciting opportunity to shape antenatal services, influence their future direction and improve maternity care for our communities.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

A full description of the role is available in the attachment: job description.

Interviews will be held on site on 6th November 2026.

Please note that if a high number of applications are received this advert may close early. You are advised to submit your application at the earliest opportunity.

Across our organisation, people are guided by values that were co-developed with staff: we are kind; we are open; and we pursue excellence.

Our values play into our ambition to develop a more diverse workforce, truly representative of our communities. We welcome applications from everyone, while working with our Staff Networks - including our Race Equality, LGBTQ+, Disability and Carers Networks - to increase the number of applications we receive from different backgrounds. If there is anything we can do to make our application process more accessible to you, please contact: recruitment@york.nhs.uk.

As part of seeking to become more inclusive, we will consider requests for flexible working from the start of your employment. It may not be suitable for every role, but we will try and be supportive where we can. We would encourage you to speak to the recruiting manager named within this advert to discuss any requirements you may have.

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.